Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Alternative combination: Anisopyge whitei
Full reference: R. K. Pabian and J. A. Fagerstrom. 1972. Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 46(6):789-816
Belongs to Ditomopyge according to F. Sour-Tovar et al. 2016
See also Brezinski 1992, Pabian and Fagerstrom 1972 and Sour-Tovar et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge yampupatensis
Type specimen: UNSM 8092, an exoskeleton (Damaged, complete dorsal exoskeleton)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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